Text Leveling System

A Clean House for Mole and Mouse

RDQ:	136	Max Word/Sent	15	Total Words	201		Diff Words	77
Lex	180	Ave Word/.Sent	5	Hi Freq occurs	108	53.7%	Hi freq	30	39%
AR	1.5	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	1	0.5%	Low freq	1	1.3%

""This is a nice house,"" said Mouse.  
""But now it is dirty.  Let's clean it up.""  
""Okay,"" said Mole.  ""Let's clean it up.""  
Mole and Mouse cleaned the bedroom.  
And the bedroom looked just fine!  
They cleaned the bathroom.  
And the bathroom looked just fine!  
They cleaned the living room.  
And the living room looked just fine!  
They cleaned the kitchen. 
 And the kitchen looked just fine!  
Mole said, ""I'm tired of making everything so clean!  ""
""But we're almost done,"" said Mouse.  ""If you wash the windows and I scrub the floor, then... everything will be clean!""  
""Now I'm hungry!"" said Mole.   ""I want to cook.""  
""But you can't get the stove dirty,"" said Mouse.  ""I just cleaned it!""  
""So I'll take a bath,"" said Mole.  
""But you can't get the tub dirty,"" said Mouse.  ""I just scrubbed it!""  
""So I'll take a nap,"" said Mole.  
""No! No!"" yelled Mouse.  ""I just made the bed!"" 
 Mole asked, ""What can I do if everything is so clean?""  
""You can go outside,"" said Mouse.  
""You can take a shower.""  
""You can take a nap.""  
""And then we can have a fine picnic!""  
""And when we go inside, the house will still be clean!""]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Some phrases/refrains repeated

Dialog: Two speakers

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Simple problem/solution

Topic

Mice

Cleaning

*Animals

Low Frequency Words

shower